Maribyrnong Planning Scheme

SCHEDULE2TO THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ZONE

Shown on the planning scheme map as PDZ2.

JOSEPH ROAD PRECINCT

Land

This schedule applies to the area bounded by Hopkins Street, the Maribyrnong River and the passenger rail line, in Footscray as identified in the incorporated plan, theJoseph RoadUrban Framework PlanMay 2013(Incorporated Plan)set out below.

Joseph Road Urban Framework Plan May 2013(Incorporated Plan)

Objectives

To facilitate theredevelopment of the Joseph Road precinct in accordance with theJoseph Road Urban Framework PlanMay 2013 (Incorporated Plan) as a catalyst forinvestment and renewal in the Footscray Central Activities Area.

To create a vibrant, mixed use precinct thatcomplements the role and function of the Footscray Central ActivitiesArea through providing:

  • a diverse range of higher-density housing development accommodating approximately 4,000 dwellings.
  • a mix of commercial, retail, community, entertainment, and recreation land uses.
  • a range of employment opportunities to complement the role of central Footscray.

To establish a robust urban character with:

  • high quality architecture and urban design.
  • an active, attractive and accessible riverfront with improved public recreation opportunities and high amenity public spaces and places.
  • an active and improved frontage to Hopkins Street that marks the precinct as a gateway to Footscray.

To provide a street and pathway network with pedestrian and cyclist connections to areas north of the railway corridor, Hopkins Street, and the Maribyrnong River.

To support the transport function of adjoining rail corridors and the widening of the passenger rail line, by ensuring interface amenity and safety issues are considered.

To encourage sustainable development that:

  • incorporates best practice energy efficiency and water management measures.
  • promotes sustainable travel patterns through an integrated approach to transport planning.
  • supports the inclusion of community facilities and housing affordability.

To ensure that development responds to the site features and constraints including heritage listed features, potential contamination, flooding, and service infrastructure requirements.

1.0Table of uses

Section 1 - Permit not required

Use / Condition
Accommodation (other than Corrective institution)
Childcare centre / Up to 90 places
Convenience shop / Must be located at ground level
Food and drink premises / Must be located at ground level
Restricted recreation facility
Home occupation
Medical centre
Minor Utility Installation
Informal outdoor recreation
Office
Shop (other than Adult sex bookshop, Convenience shop, Department store, or Supermarket) / Must be located at ground level.
Any use listed in 62.01 / Must meet the requirements of Clause 62.01

Section 2 - Permit required

Use / Condition
Hospital
Place of assembly (other than Carnival or Circus)
Minor sports and recreation facility
Pleasure boat facility
Restricted retail premises / Must be part of a development with frontage to Hopkins Street
Retail premises (other than Shop, Food and drink premises or Restricted retail) / Must be located at ground level
Supermarket
Tavern
Trade supplies / Must be part of a developmentintegrated with other uses
Any other use not in Sections 1 or 3

Section 3 - Prohibited

Use
Adult sex bookshop
Brothel
Car wash
Corrective institution
Funeral parlour
Industry (other than Dry cleaner and Laundromat)
Saleyard
Service station

2.0Use of land requirements

Application requirements

An application to use land must be accompanied by the following information, as appropriate:

  • The purpose of the use and the types of activities that will be carried out.
  • The likely effects of the use, on adjoining land, including noise levels, traffic, hours of delivery and despatch of goods and materials and hours of operation.
  • An assessment of the likely effects of railway noise and vibration on the proposed use and measures to attenuate any adverse effects.
  • An assessment of how the proposed use supports the land use mix set out in the Joseph Road Urban Framework Plan May 2013 (Incorporated Plan) and Development Principles.

3.0Buildings and works requirements

A permit is required to construct a building or construct or carry out works except for maintenance or minor buildings and works to the satisfaction of the responsible authority.

The development objectives and requirements set out in Table 1 to this schedule should be met to the satisfaction of the responsible authority.

Application requirements

An application to construct a building or construct or carry out works must be accompanied by the following information, as appropriate:

  • A design responseincluding how the development responds to theJoseph Road UrbanFramework Plan May2013 (Incorporated Plan) and Development Principles set out in this schedule, the physical surrounds and adjacent land uses.
  • Analysis of how the development responds to any precinct-wide plans prepared in relation to urban design, integrated transport planning, or infrastructure provision and development staging.
  • The location, dimensions, internal layout and use of proposed buildings and worksshowing relevant levels to AHD.
  • Shadow analysis during the September equinox.
  • Elevations detailing façade articulation, and indicative concepts for external materials, colours and finishes.
  • The location and indicative concepts for landscaped areas, public lighting, advertising signs and public art.
  • Pedestrian and vehicle (including bicycle and motorcycle) access points into, around and through the site, including access for people with limited mobility.
  • The location of, and access to, public transport and bicycle routes and facilities. Details of bicycle and vehicle parking and loading, including location and access for waste recycling, storage and removal.
  • Details of how the development will accommodate infrastructure and building servicing requirements.
  • Details of staging of development, if appropriate, including the treatment of areas not required for immediate use.
  • Details of how the layout and design will support best practice environmentally sustainable design principles.
  • How the development will respond to the need, if required, for site remediation.
  • How the design will mitigate any adverse wind impacts caused by the development to the public realm including footpaths and open spaces.
  • For land immediately abutting the current and/or future rail corridor as identified in the Joseph Road Urban Framework Plan May 2013 (Incorporated Plan): A Construction Management Plan including any construction control agreements required with Public Transport Victoria and/or rail operators.
  • A 3D digital model of the development in conformity with the Department of Planning and Community Development Advisory Note – 3D Digital Modelling.

4.0Advertising signs

Advertising sign requirements are at Clause 52.05. The categories that apply are set out below.

Land / Advertsing Category
Land within 15m from Hopkins Street frontage) / Category 1 – Minimum limitation
Land east of Maribyrnong Street or within 15m west of Maribyrnong Street, and not within 15 m from Hopkins Street frontage / Category 3 – Medium limitation
Remainder of Precinct / Category 2 – Low limitation

5.0Car parking requirements

The provisions of Clause 52.06-1 and 52.06-5 do not apply. An adequate number of car spaces must be provided to the satisfaction of the responsible authority.

In deciding whether the provision of parking is adequate, the responsible authority must consider:

  • Any empirical assessment of likely car parking demand and the minimum amount of car parking necessary to meet the needs of building occupants.
  • Any measures proposed to reduce car parking demand and to promote sustainable transport alternatives including bicycles.
  • The availability of existing parking, and the potential impact of the proposal on traffic congestion.

6.0Notice requirement

Notice of an application to use or subdivide land, construct a building or construct or carry out works must be given under section 52(1)(c) of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 to the person or body specified as a person or body to be notified in Clause 66.06 or a schedule to that clause.

7.0Decision guidelines

Before deciding on an application to use or subdivide land, construct a building or construct or carry out works, in addition to the decision guidelines in Clause 65, the responsible authority must consider, as appropriate:

  • The development principles in table 1 of this schedule
  • The interface with adjoining areas and the need to manage potential conflicts between existing uses and new uses coming into the precinct.
  • The likely demand for off street car parking given the proximity and availability of public transport
  • The views of VicRoads.
  • How the following issues are addressed, including through the use of management plans as a condition of permit;

Construction and demolition activity, including access, site security, damage repair, and nuisance abatement and reporting.

Impacts on public places from wind.

Impacts on occupants from rail and road traffic noise and vibration.

Waste storage, recycling and collection.

Water conservation and reuse measures including Water Sensitive Urban Design treatments or Environmentally Sustainable Design outcomes.

Measures to reduce or manage car parking demand and encourage sustainable alternative transport modes including public transport and cycling.

Responsibility for the ongoing maintenance of buildings, landscaping and paved areas.

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8.0Table 1 - Table of Development Principles

Development objective / Development Requirements
Land Use / To facilitate the development of a mixed use residential precinct which supports the role and function of the Footscray Central Activities Area. /
  • Preferred ground level uses are shown in the Joseph Road Urban Framework Plan May 2013 (Incorporated Plan). Residential land uses are encouraged across the precinct. A mix of dwelling types and sizes should be provided.
  • Showroom, restricted retail and office uses are encouraged along the Hopkins Street frontage. Development should be set back with active street frontages to improve pedestrian amenity.
  • Large format uses such as supermarket and trade supplies should be integrated into development with other uses that facilitate activate street frontages.
Retail, entertainment and recreational uses are encouraged on Warde Street especially near Public Activity Focus Points to create a node of activity.
Built Form, Building Envelopes, and Height limits / To encourage significant change whilst ensuring direct and indirect impacts of building scale and form are managed. / Building podium height should be in accordance with the Joseph Road Urban Framework Plan May 2013 (Incorporated Plan).
The preferred built form is medium rise podiums (4-6 storey at the street edge) with well separated towers To allow access to light and air between towers, and allow solar penetration into development and the public realm.
Towers should be set back from the podium edge above which they are located to reduce wind impacts on streets and retain a human scale at street level.
Built form should create a robust urban character with minimal boundary setbacks at podium level that reinforce the geometry and pattern of the existing and proposed road network.
Podiums should be clearly defined and articulated, and with varied treatments to create a pedestrian scale at street level.
Taller forms should be generally located towards the centre of the precinct. Built form on the periphery of the precinct should be designed to minimise amenity impacts on neighbouring sensitive uses.Car parking should be provided in basements. If parking is provided above ground it should be screened from view through providing a ‘skin’ of office or residential uses to the building.
Building forms should avoid substantial overshadowing between 11am to 2pm on 22 September of:
  • The open space along the Maribyrnong River
  • Public Activity Focus Points
  • Neighbouring sensitive uses
  • St Monica’s School playground

Sensitive Interfaces & Amenity / To design and site new development to reduce impacts on the amenity of future occupants and users of public spaces. / The design and construction of buildings with interfaces to rail infrastructure and Hopkins Street should address potential noise and vibration impacts.
Development should limit the potential to ‘reflect’ rail noise to buildings over the rail corridor.
The amenity of residential uses, including access to daylight, location of open space, potential for overlooking and overshadowing, should meet the objectives of the Guidelines for Higher Density Residential Development (DSE, 2004).
Public Realm / To create a high quality public realm and enhanced amenity within the precinct that contributes to a sense of place. /
  • A network of high amenity public places and pedestrian spaces, including the riverside Public Activity Focus Points shown in the Joseph Road Urban Framework Plan May 2013, should be provided.
  • The Public Activity Focus Points should provide visual and physical connections between the river and the precinct. An active and attractive riverside open space and recreation destination should be created
  • All development should enhance the public realm by providing active frontages, definable entries/sense of address, Publicly accessible open spaces should be well oriented and lit at night, and designed to maximise perceptions of safety, comfort and useability of the spaces.
  • Streetscaping and landscaping should incorporate water sensitive urban design

Access, Movement & Car Parking / To encourage sustainable transport patterns and to create an integrated, safe and efficient, vehicle and access network that prioritises pedestrians and cyclists. /
  • Facilitate changes to the road network within the precinct to as shown on the Joseph Road Urban Framework Plan May 2013 (Incorporated Plan) to include: extension of Warde Street and realignment of Joseph Road.
  • Facilitate a road network that priorities pedestrians and cyclists over cars.
  • Discourage direct vehicle access from Hopkins Street into development sites.
  • Encourage vehicle access/egress and loading facilities to be integrated into ground level treatments to ensure adequate pedestrian and cyclist safety.

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